Remember that jogging scene in 2001? spaceRun, the space150 running club, is nothing like that.

It’s more fun and less mind-bendy.

The distance is 5k (est.), the time is once a week (TBA), and the runners (BYOB) are going to end up as cyborgs: after three completed runs, they get a free Nike+ kit. This is necessary not only for tracking times and routes, but also for inspiring and recording ridiculous runners’-high trash talk. (Shin splints? Your momma’s so fat she’s got chin splints!)

So far spaceRun has raced three times, each won by Todd Lintner, our eagle-eyed, gazelle-legged proofreader. For bowling the turkey, he won a surprise iPod Nano, all the better to complete his Nike+ system. It plays that Vangelis song on repeat. You know the one.